Torch Ginger - Etlingera elatior - Bunga Kantan, Philippine Wax Flower, Xiang Bao Jiaing, Indonesian Tall Ginger, Boca de Dragón, Rose de Porcelaine, Porcelain Rose) is a species of herbaceous perennial plant. The showy pink flowers are used in decorative arrangements while the flower buds are an important ingredient in the Nonya dish laksa. In North Sumatra, the flower buds are used for a dish called arsik ikan mas (Andaliman/Szechuan pepper Spiced Carp). - By Anna Keay

Allium ‘Millenium’ is a versatile perennial for a sunny garden because of its compact upright habit and resistance to all types of pests. It is also drought tolerant and loved by butterflies and bees. Though the fragrant blooms are very attractive in midsummer, the seed heads are the real floral feature. They last for several months, providing interest in the garden until late winter.

I know these are natural, but how cool if Christine could use this concept. Make a blanket of my fav. flowers and wrap around the tree trunks!

Red bud tree in the spring Our ability to perceive quality in nature begins, as in art, with the pretty. It expands through successive stages of the beautiful to values as yet uncaptured by language.~Aldo Leopold -A Sand County Almanac

A #beautiful yellow Daylily. This variety is called Boundless Beauty. How appropriately named. I love the yellow, white, and slightly pink contrast. The petals curl up just perfectly to give this #Daylily a unique look. ~Me

'Boundless Beauty' Daylily. #beauty #flowers #daylily

'Boundless Beauty' Daylily. I need to plant this in my garden!

"Boundless Beauty" and a few more awesome day lilies. -- Get it together, Girl! | And a bonus Haiku... ~ a girl and her garden - a daylily blog

Purple flowers

Cosmos bipinnatus ‘Fizzy Rose Picotee’ // Cosmos is a genus, with the same common name of Cosmos, of about 20–26 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Cosmos is native to scrub and meadowland in Mexico where most of the species occur, Florida and the southern United States, Arizona, Central America, and to South America in the north to Paraguay in the south.

Le jardinet 'Pink Frost' hellebore is a winter superstar, blooming for several months with flowers in every shade of pink — all at the same time! You can also include snowdrop bulbs in partially shaded pots.